Laundry of the Dead

Laundry of the Dead is a building in Medina Region, Saudi Arabia. Laundry of the Dead is situated nearby to Shazah Bus Station, as well as near the police station Command Security Force Prophet’s Mosque.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Prophet’s Mosque and Maqbara Al Baqeea.

Prophet’s Mosque

Mosque

Photo: Bluemangoa2z, Public domain.

The Prophet's Mosque is the second mosque built by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in Medina, after the Quba Mosque, as well as the second largest mosque and holiest site in Islam, after the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, in the Saudi region of the Hejaz. Prophet’s Mosque is situated 400 metres northwest of Laundry of the Dead.

Maqbara Al Baqeea

Cemetery

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0.

Al-Baqi Cemetery, also known as Jannat al-Baqi or Baqi al-Gharqad, is the oldest and first Islamic cemetery, located southeast of the Prophet's Mosque in Medina in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia. Maqbara Al Baqeea is situated 260 metres east of Laundry of the Dead.

Green Dome

Building

Photo: Abdul Hafeez Bakhsh, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Green Dome is a green-coloured dome built above the Sacred Prophetic Chamber enclosing the burial tombs of the Prophet Muhammad and the first two Rashidun caliphs, Abu Bakr and Umar. Green Dome is situated 300 metres northwest of Laundry of the Dead.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Medina.

Medina

Photo: Medineli, Public domain.

Medina, officially known as Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah, is a city in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia. Commonly referred to as the "cradle of Islamic culture and civilisation", it is Islam's second holiest city.

Laundry of the Dead

Type: Building
Location: Medina Region, Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

24.466° or 24° 27′ 58″ north

Longitude

39.6139° or 39° 36′ 50″ east

Open location code

7GPXFJ87+9H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 346500326

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Kurdish—“Laundry of the Dead” goes by many names.

Arabic: “مغسلة الاموات”
German: “Leichenhalle”
Kurdish: “Cesedxane”

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Highlights include Shazah Bus Station and Command Security Force Prophet’s Mosque.

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